The next day, Melody was packed and ready to go by 9am. She was wearing her exploring outfit and her satchel was packed full of anything she could possibly need. She had used some of her magic to make it larger on the inside, so that it could hold literally anything. This made her ready for anything, which was essential for time travelling.

After kissing her mother and father goodbye, she was ready to go. Standing outside, she took a deep breath. Time travelling always made her a little nervous, since she didn't have complete control over where she would end up. But that also thrilled her; the unpredictability made life exciting. Besides, she more often than not ended up somewhere better than where she was originally intending to go.

However, this time she hoped she'd be able to go straight to 2008. Although…she knew it didn't really matter. Nothing TOO major happened in 2008.

After making sure she was ready, she drew a portal in the air and jumped into the timestream. It would be a fairly long journey; she was travelling almost a hundred years into the future.

There were a few time periods she was reluctant to go to. 2001, for starters. When she visited 2067, she had heard even then of the terrible 9/11 attack on Twin Towers in New York in 2001. She did want to go back and witness the event; she loved witnessing events that shaped human history. But at the same time, she wasn't sure if she would be able to witness such an appalling event.

Another was 1939-1945: The Second World War. She knew that there had already been one war before she was born, but she was horrified to learn that the world would not learn from its mistakes and launch itself into ANOTHER world war. What was worse was that it was going to begin in just three days' time.

But at the same time, there were time periods she was DYING to visit. At the very top of her bucket list was 1969: the year the first man walked on the moon. She simply could not WAIT to see the feat achieved. In fact, she was actually planned to spend some time training as an astronaut when she was old enough so that she HERSELF could walk on the moon. She was immortal, so she could spend as much time as she liked training and it wouldn't affect her life.

Two other periods that she desperately wanted to see were the Renaissance and the Industrial Revolution. Both were MAJOR time periods in the history of learning, and without either one of them, the world would not be as advanced as it was today. There was SO much that Melody knew she could learn from those periods. In fact, she was even planning to live in each one for a year each, so that she could properly learn as much as she could.

Living with the knowledge of the future was rough for Melody sometimes. She generally used it for positivity, like learning and knowledge, but sometimes the weight of all she had learned pressed down on her. Luckily, she had made sure to avoid running into any of her future selves. While she could live with knowing what happened generally in the future, she didn't want to know what happened to her personally in the future. She wanted to experience life as it came, rather than worrying about when she might die or who she might fall in love with.

Finally, she arrived in 2008. Or so she thought. When she landed (literally) in the time period, she immediately rushed off to find something with the date on it, to make sure she knew exactly what time period she was in.

She had landed in a park of some kind. Everything was green and full of colour. She could feel the energy of the Earth coursing through her as she ran across the grass, towards a newspaper stand. She tiptoed past the sleeping merchant and inspected the date. She frowned. That can't be right…

She'd missed her mark yet again. Instead of landing mid-July 2008, she seemed to be in late November 2009. Though she should have known something was up; it was far too chilly to be the middle of summer. Rubbing her bare arms, Melody headed off down the street. She wondered why the change had happened. Normally, there was a reason. But it was such a subtle difference, it probably didn't really matter that much.

It still didn't feel right, being in the future. While it was VERY exciting, it was also sometimes a little overwhelming. Melody was from 1936; most of the stuff she found in the future wouldn't be invented for several more decades. Things like cell phones, computers, colour television sets, large shopping malls. Since Melody was immortal, it was more than likely that she was going to live to see these things invented anyway, so she tried not to spend too much time looking at or interacting with them.

All of a sudden, there was a loud whooshing noise, and a large pirate ship went sailing over the square. Melody stared up at it in delight and awe. It looked like the kind of ship that Melody's parents used to sail back in 1936, except this one…this one was FLYING!

Melody just HAD to see where it was going.

She took off after it, keeping her eyes on the large wooden ship so that she wouldn't lose it. Even from the distance she was below it, she could see the intricate detailing on the hull and the stern, including what looked like a duck-like figurehead on the mast. She wondered who on Earth could have built such an amazing ship, and one that could FLY!

After a few minutes of not getting anywhere, Melody decided to take it up a notch. Envisioning a beautiful white dove she had seen once, she felt the dove's white wings sprout from her back. With that, she activated her generic invisibility powers and took to the skies.

Melody loved flying. She loved the wind in her hair, being able to look down on everything, and the fact that she was free to go literally wherever she wanted to go. Right now, she wanted to land on that pirate ship. So she flapped her wings, putting on a burst of speed, and managed to catch up to it.

However, before she could land on it, she heard a loud bang from below her. She sharply looked down and saw a large net shooting towards her. She tried to turn, but the net was too close. It enveloped her, restricting her wings.

Without the ability to flap her wings, she began to plummet towards the ground…